Animal cruelty - it's not all bad
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Pferdestarke said:
Shaw Tarse said:
Jammy2008 said:
Why does it have to be sedated?
Without sounding too cruel I'd just hogtie the little feller and get someone to hold him down while I got the clippers out.
Have you ever "owned" a cat? They are the "Chuck Norris" of the pet world. Without sounding too cruel I'd just hogtie the little feller and get someone to hold him down while I got the clippers out.
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it's the boots that really made me laugh
Jasandjules said:
Jammy2008 said:
Why does it have to be sedated?
Without sounding too cruel I'd just hogtie the little feller and get someone to hold him down while I got the clippers out.
Here speaks a person who has never been owned by a cat...... Without sounding too cruel I'd just hogtie the little feller and get someone to hold him down while I got the clippers out.
The noise of the clippers can scare them for starters, and once the claws are out, it's a trip to A&E..
Oh dear....Problem is now he's been shaved it's even more likely he'll matt up again next time. Pity they could have just thinned his hair rather than shaved. Try and groom every day even from now.
My maine coone will develop knots in one day. When it starts to happen it would only take a few days for it too become a problem.
Having said that when cats get really badly matted the full on shave is the only answer (I hate doing it though - to other cats, never had to do it to mine I'm glad to say!)
My maine coone will develop knots in one day. When it starts to happen it would only take a few days for it too become a problem.
Having said that when cats get really badly matted the full on shave is the only answer (I hate doing it though - to other cats, never had to do it to mine I'm glad to say!)
Hmmm just got woken up by a cat sat 6 inches from my head staring at me. I think i'll get my will in order 
sadly shaving him was the only option, it was getting bad enough to effect the skin underneath. I kid you not you've never seen a cat dislike a brush so much. Nothing will cam him down, and even with welding gauntlets on you fast end up looking like the victim of a nail bombing. Plus a quick run with the clippers have provided me with so much comedy
he used to be an indoor cat in dubai where his fur was ace, never a knot, tat or matt at all. He's gone damn near feral here and when he's shedding in full flow it's impossible to keep on top of. By the time you're finished taking the vegetation and bits of tree from him he's in a foul mood!
So until he's furry again, he shall be a source of amusement
sadly shaving him was the only option, it was getting bad enough to effect the skin underneath. I kid you not you've never seen a cat dislike a brush so much. Nothing will cam him down, and even with welding gauntlets on you fast end up looking like the victim of a nail bombing. Plus a quick run with the clippers have provided me with so much comedy
he used to be an indoor cat in dubai where his fur was ace, never a knot, tat or matt at all. He's gone damn near feral here and when he's shedding in full flow it's impossible to keep on top of. By the time you're finished taking the vegetation and bits of tree from him he's in a foul mood!
So until he's furry again, he shall be a source of amusement
Stu R said:
Hmmm just got woken up by a cat sat 6 inches from my head staring at me. I think i'll get my will in order
sadly shaving him was the only option, it was getting bad enough to effect the skin underneath. I kid you not you've never seen a cat dislike a brush so much. Nothing will cam him down, and even with welding gauntlets on you fast end up looking like the victim of a nail bombing. Plus a quick run with the clippers have provided me with so much comedy
he used to be an indoor cat in dubai where his fur was ace, never a knot, tat or matt at all. He's gone damn near feral here and when he's shedding in full flow it's impossible to keep on top of. By the time you're finished taking the vegetation and bits of tree from him he's in a foul mood!
So until he's furry again, he shall be a source of amusement
Try finding a groomer that'll do cats or get him booked in more quickly/ frequently at the vets. Some cars don't knot up too bsdly until moulting begins, as soon as you detect a few more knots than normal get him booked into wherever and get them to comb out the knots rather than shave if they can and groom him thoroughly all over. My cat will go weeks with no knotting but if she starts to moult more than usual I check her every day and groom out the knots before they become proper matts. Matts can occur within a couple of weeks which is why it can occur quite quickly!sadly shaving him was the only option, it was getting bad enough to effect the skin underneath. I kid you not you've never seen a cat dislike a brush so much. Nothing will cam him down, and even with welding gauntlets on you fast end up looking like the victim of a nail bombing. Plus a quick run with the clippers have provided me with so much comedy
he used to be an indoor cat in dubai where his fur was ace, never a knot, tat or matt at all. He's gone damn near feral here and when he's shedding in full flow it's impossible to keep on top of. By the time you're finished taking the vegetation and bits of tree from him he's in a foul mood!
So until he's furry again, he shall be a source of amusement
At least it is the summer
Jammy2008 said:
Perhaps I have misunderstood then, I was speaking from the point of someone who had tried to administer ear drops to an unwilling Weimeraner that could put his paws on my shoulders and I'm 6'1.
Pah, dogs are nothing compared to cats. I regularly administer ear drops to an unhappy 10 stone dog who stands 29" to the shoulder. Cats are like a whirling dervish...
Jasandjules said:
Jammy2008 said:
Why does it have to be sedated?
Without sounding too cruel I'd just hogtie the little feller and get someone to hold him down while I got the clippers out.
Here speaks a person who has never been owned by a cat...... Without sounding too cruel I'd just hogtie the little feller and get someone to hold him down while I got the clippers out.
The noise of the clippers can scare them for starters, and once the claws are out, it's a trip to A&E..
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